Where does β€œvinster” come from?

vinster (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€.

vinster (Middle High German): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of β€œvinster”, step by step

vinster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German fenstar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfenstarwindow
2Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
3Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
4Etruscan*πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€β€”

via Old High German finstar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfinstardark

Words derived from β€œvinster”

Every word from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€ β†’Every word from Latin fenestra β†’Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr β†’